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 U N IT 1 TE S T operation, she learned that she could no longer
(6) play basketball. This was hard for her because
(7) basketball was very important in her life. Sallie
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A. how to enjoy life in other ways.

1. F 3. F 5. F
2. T 4. T Vocabulary
A.
B.
1. b, energy 4. a, stared
1. b, he heard a talk by Carlo Petrini 2. c, career 5. c, except
2. b, that is what they are used to and they lead 3. a, was about to
busy lives
3. c, these dinners are popular B.
4. a, the food is different and the meal lasts longer
5. c, they can relax 1. awful 4. amazing
2. alike 5. wise
C. 3. brave
1. b, Most U.S. college students are not used to
spending much time at meals. U N IT 3 TE S T
2. a, The introduction of Slow Food dinners at the
university has been a success.
3. b, Slow Food dinners in the dining hall are more Reading Skills
formal than other meals in several ways. A.
1. T 3. T 5. F
Vocabulary 2. F 4. F
1. highly 6. mentioned
2. basis 7. specific B.
3. turned out 8. variety 1. a, It supplies half of the oxygen in the air.
4. once 9. get to e, It supplies 1.5 billion people with most of the
5. reached 10. bored protein they eat.
2. c, There are no longer enough fish.
f, About 90 percent of large ocean fish have
U N IT 2 TE S T disappeared.
3. b, Nobody can fish there.
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Reading Skills d, Fish increase in number, size, and variety.

A. C.
1. T 3. T 5. F 1. one reason for
2. F 4. F 2. the ocean
3. encouraged
B. 4. time
1. Yes 4. Yes 5. the writer’s opinion
2. No 5. Yes
3. It doesn’t say. Vocabulary
C. A.
When Sallie Adams was fifteen, she was a high 1. b, calm
school (1) basketball player/star with a lot of 2. c, While
(2) natural talent/good skills. Then she hurt (3) her 3. b, draw
knee. She needed (4) two operations/an operation 4. a, gentle
(on her knee) and then a lot of hard work before 5. a, float
she could play again. Then she hurt (5) her knee/ 6. c, effort
the same knee in another game. After her last 7. c, made a difference
8. a, contains

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 B. C.
1. planet 3. interest 1. Both signs and words are used to express ideas.
2. environment 4. system 2. Both babies who can hear and babies who cannot
“are born ready to learn language.” They notice
what their parents do and try to imitate them.
U N IT 4 TE S T 3. They were born to hearing parents. They
invented simple languages.
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communicate.
A.
1. F 3. T 5. T Vocabulary
2. T 4. F
A.
B. 1. wastes 5. behavior
1. Yes 4. Yes 2. smoothly 6. refers to
2. No 5. No 3. straight 7. allows
3. It doesn’t say. 4. compete 8. strangers

C. B.

1. effect(s) 1. bring about 3. go wrong

2. brain 2. come down with 4. carry out
3. regions
4. activity
5., 6., and 7. (in any order) emotion, movement,
memory
8. scientists/researchers
9. (professional) musicians
10. be different from

Vocabulary
A.
1. c, amount 5. c, period
2. b, search 6. b, Whenever
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3. c, got over 7. a, apply

4. b, no matter 8. c, includes

B.
1. imagine 3. realize
2. claim 4. increase

U N IT 5 TE S T

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A.
1. F 3. T 5. T
2. T 4. F

B.
1. It doesn’t say. 4. No.
2. Yes. 5. No.
3. It doesn’t say.

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